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Landsvirkjun´sAdvert Wins Award &nbsp;

23. March 2012

“Will our wind finally be useful” was published last summer on the Icelandic online-telephone directory www.ja.is. The advertisement was considered very creative and was made by the agency Jónsson & Le´macks in close cooperation with Landsvirkjun´s own corporate communications team.

Landsvirkjun´s advertisements and events were furthermore recently nominated in three categories at the Icelandic Advertisement Awards, Lúðurinn. The agencies Jónsson & Le´macks and Gagarin received the following nominations:

The Association of Icelandic Graphic Designers, a professional body of graphic designers, has bestowed the FÍT award for over ten years. The objective of the award is to promote graphic designing and the important contribution that graphic designers make in the creation of advertisements and in marketing within Iceland. The award ceremony took place on March 21st.

ÍMARK, the Association of Icelandic Marketing Professionals, in cooperation with the Society of Icelandic Advertising Agencies, hosts the Icelandic Advertisement Awards. The aim of the competition is to highlight well-made advertisements and advertising material and their creators. The ceremony took place on February 24th 2012.

Landsvirkjun sends their sincere congratulations to all its partners and employees.